Value PSWs on Personal Support Workers (PSWs) Day dignify them with better rates of pay

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. TORONTO, Ont. – Communities across Ontario are, today, celebrating the important work Personal Support Workers (PSWs) do in our health care system and in a multitude of community settings providing vital assistance…

Mayor Ford backs down: council votes to see all the numbers before contracting out garbage and recycling

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. TORONTO, Ont. – Toronto Civic Employees Union (TCEU), Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 416 is pleased that Toronto city council has voted for at least a minimum level in transparency.…

Northern Ontario hospital-acquired infection tour urges health minister to bring down death rates

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. GERALDTON, Ont. – At a Geraldton media conference today, hospital staff urged Ontario’s health minister to bring down death rates from hospital-acquired infections by lowering hospital occupancy rates, doing a deep clean…

Uganda Gay Death Penalty Law Failed – We Won!!

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. A message from Avaaz.org: Dear friends, Frank Mugisha and other brave human rights defenders delivering our petition to the Ugandan Parliament just before leaders dropped the gay death penalty law.…

Pride In Our Work – Positive Space

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. Positive Space challenges the patterns of silence that continue to marginalize lesbians, gays, bisexuals, and transgender people even in environments with anti-discriminatory and inclusive policies. The most visible symbol is an inverted…

CUPE family grows at Rouge Valley Health System

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. Ajax, Ont. – Aramark food service staff working at the Rouge Valley Health System recently voted to join the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) to improve their working conditions. “Fairness…